Tracy Day

Tracy Day is the co-founder and CEO of the World Science Festival, where she oversees all creative, editorial and programmatic content straddling science, technology, the arts, media, performance, journalism and education, with formats ranging across vibrant discussions and debates, to inspired collaborative works of theatre, film and music. Previously, she was an award-winning broadcast journalist for over two decades, producing news, documentary, and investigative specials focusing on elections, public policy and social issues for the nation’s preeminent networks including ABC, PBS, CNN, the Discovery Channel, Lifetime and CNBC. She produced on-location coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall; Nelson Mandela’s release in South Africa; the Gulf War from Baghdad and Iran; and drug wars in Colombia. She is the recipient of four National News Emmys; a Clarion Award; a CINE Golden Eagle Award; and a Silver HUGO for Investigative Reporting.